Can an employer force me to put an app on my personal phone?
My employer lets me work from home two days a week. Now they are forcing the entire department to put an app on their personal cell phone, that tracks the location of the phone and gives an access code on to the system that we did not use for working from home before. This is a new thing. I am a salaried employee and I do not get reimbursed for my personal cell phone. Is this something they can do legally? The phone system is through our computers, so even working from home before we were never required to use our cell phones.
Can your employer tell you to put the app on your phone? Absolutely. Can you refuse to do so? Absolutely. Can your employer terminate you for insubordination if you refuse? Absolutely.
As Mr. Popovich said, if you don't want your employer to see where you are, get a second cell phone for your personal use.
I'm licensed to practice law only in Indiana, and we've never met, so I can't give you "legal" advice. My answer is simply "friendly" advice based on my experience as an attorney in Indiana, my knowledge of federal and common law, and common sense. Even if you are in Indiana, employment law questions are very fact specific, and based on the limited information you provided in your post, I can't give you legal advice, and my answer is intended as general information only. It doesn't create an attorney-client relationship.
No. They can ask you to do so and fire you if you refuse. But its entirely up to you. Get an extra cell phone to forward your calls to when you lie about being home.
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